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| By State and City: Louisiana (Baton Rouge): Parents fight desegregation orders to save schools (10/14/99 - dead link) "'As I see it, the children should go where their parents want them to go,' said Greta Ridley, a 65-year-old retiree who is raising her grandson. The 10-year-old had repeated fourth grade at a school Ridley didn't like. "She felt lucky to get him into another charter school this year. But many more families are waiting, since Justice Department opposition postponed the opening of The United Charter School, scheduled to move into a vacant inner city mall this year in a predominantly black neighborhood.
"Nationwide, decades-old desegregation decrees — meant to help families like
Ridley's gain equal access to a quality education — are being targeted by poor,
minority parents who see charter schools, vouchers and other education experiments as
their best hope. They and other charter school advocates, tired of waiting for the
progress promised by desegregation, are joining in lawsuits to end court-ordered actions
pending in 20 states." (Associated Press, via FoxNews 10/14/99 by Anjetta
Mcqueen) Louisiana (Bossier Parish): Lousiana case could lead to ruling on minority voting powers
(10/06/99 - dead link) "After hearing arguments today, the justices will decide whether federal approval of such changes can be withheld even when new election district lines do not make matters worse for racial and ethnic minorities. "[Pro-quota, anti-white] [c]ivil rights advocates say proposed changes should be rejected if they fail, for discriminatory reasons, to better the prospects of minorities electing their favored candidates. [Notwithstanding several Supreme Court and lower court rulings that racial gerrymandering for the purpose of granting voting preference based on race or ethnicity is illegal or unconstitutional.]
"The court's ruling in the Bossier Parish, La., case is expected by late June. The
decision could clarify such federal authority in all states and counties covered by the
Voting Rights Act of 1965." (Associated Press, via Boston Globe 10/06/99 by
Richard Carelli) Louisiana (Baton Rouge): Student Choice in Forced
Busing Louisiana (Bossier Parish): Supreme Court Rebuffs Clinton Justice Department
Campaign To Racially Gerrymander Local Voting Districts (05/12/97) "According to today's decision, DOJ may not deny pre-clearance solely because the new voting plan fails to maximize the number of minority voting districts. Instead, the DOJ may block a proposed voting plan only if it manifests an discriminatory intent to "retrogress." In practice, this means that so long as a new districting plan maintains the existing number of minority voting districts, it will receive pre-clearance. "Attorney Michael Carvin of the Cooper & Carvin, who argued the case on behalf of Bossier Parish, stated, "We are gratified that the Court has effectively ended the Clinton Justice Department's efforts to force localities to racially gerrymander under the Voting Rights Act. We are confident that the District Court will promptly clarify the remaining points that must be settled on remand." "Michael P. McDonald, President of the Center for Individual Rights, a D.C. based public interest law firm which represented Bossier Parish, said "Today's decision in Bossier is a repudiation of the DOJ's strong-arm tactics, and demonstrates that once again the Clinton Administration's race conscious policies are out of step with the law."
"The case arises from voting map changes in Bossier Parish, a district in
northwestern Louisiana, following the 1990 census. In 1993, the Bossier Parish school
board submitted a race-neutral plan, identical to one earlier approved by the DOJ. This
time, DOJ denied pre-clearance on the basis of a new, alternate plan proffered by the
NAACP which would have maximized the number of majority-minority districts. A three judge
district court heard Bossier's appeal, and determined that its voting plan did not have a
discriminatory purpose or retrogressive result, and that Bossier was thus entitled to
pre-clearance for its race neutral plan under the Voting Rights Act." Maryland: News Stories (new page) Massachusetts: News Stories (new page) Michigan: News Stories (click here for Michigan Ed News) Minnesota (Univ. of Minn.): U of M
Defends Racial Quotas to the Death (09/09/99) "On the Twin Cities campus, the odds of being admitted are almost seven times more favorable for Asian students than for white students, the report says. Hispanic students are about five times and black students about three times more likely to be admitted than white students. "That, CEO says, is discrimination. "The report puts the university squarely in the middle of a national debate that has landed several universities in court and prompted voters in California and Washington state to pass ballot initiatives that ban preferential treatment based on race and other characteristics.
"The Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' 1996 Hopwood decision involving the
University of Texas Law School ruled against consideration of race in admissions at a
public university. In 1997, the University of Michigan was sued by the Center for
Individual Rights, a nonprofit law group in Washington, D.C., over the use of racial
preference in admissions for undergraduate programs and its law school. The same
group [CIR] has sued the University of Washington." (Minneapolis Star Tribune
09/09/99 by Jane Smetanka) Minnesota
(Statewide): Minn. Day Care
Workers Receive Anti-White 'Diversity' Training (09/08/99) "Would it be a cultural anthropology class at an elite East Coast university? Perhaps a rally of Louis Farrakhan's Nation of Islam? Think again. Welcome to "Building Cultural Connections," a curriculum for licensed child care workers brought to you by the state of Minnesota. "Building Cultural Connections is the state's response to a 1990 law requiring cultural dynamics training for all licensed child care workers -- from staff at large centers to moms caring for a few kids in their living rooms. After passing the law, the Legislature handed off responsibility for designing a training curriculum to a public/ private group called the Cultural Dynamics Education Project, which spent five years in the effort. "[The program dictates that] child care workers should strive to provide 'culturally appropriate care.' In other words, they should treat children differently, based on the color of their skin or their ancestors' country of origin. Providers' task is daunting: to 'reflect [their charges'] home culture in such areas as nurturing and discipline approaches, the physical environment, role models and use of the home language, food, etc.' (Imagine preparing tortillas, stir fry and peanut butter sandwiches while juggling two babies.)
"Providers should attempt to protect minority children from the ravenous
'non-disabled European American culture.' In many cases, this may mean promoting
racial and ethnic separatism. For example, providers should consider grouping children to
'encourage the home language,' and reject the 'assumption that English is the most
important language.' Where children of color are concerned, 'the earlier [they] are
exposed to mainstream culture, the more likely they are to reject their home culture . . .
. When strong group identity occurs, [they] have more strength to challenge'
prejudice. (Star Tribune 09/08/99 by Katherine Kersten) Minnesota (Statewide): Judge OKs
Replacing State Ed Quotas (03/20/99) "Under the plan approved by Administrative Law Judge Phyllis Reha, districts would be encouraged to bring together students of different races but wouldn't be required to do so unless intentional segregation is found. In developing the proposed rule, Reha said, "the department has shown great sensitivity to the needs of students, parents and educators." The ruling essentially gives the agency a green light. Reha's report found that the department has the authority to adopt the rules.
As expected, the ruling is opposed by the NAACP which doesn’t want to give up racial
guarantees. And Harvard’s professional "expert witness" in favor of racial
quotas, Dr. Gary Orfield, also cried doom and gloom. (Minneapolis Star Tribune,
03/20/99, by Anthony Lonetree) Minnesota (Statewide): Harvard
Quota Supporter Tells Minnesota to Retain Racial Discrimination "[The] proposed new rule [ending busing and giving parents and children choice in the schools they attend] leaves the state with 'a wish and a prayer and hope somebody will do something,' said Gary Orfield, director of the Harvard Project on School Desegregation, testifying at a hearing called by the Department of Children, Families and Learning. 'I can say that's not going to work.' " Indeed, Dr. Orfield. You cannot say that ending busing will result in "resegregation".
"If the proposed rule is found to be sound, the department would end a 25-year-old
requirement that school districts move students around for racial balance. The
current rule is outdated because changing urban populations have made it impossible for
some urban districts to stay in compliance. The new rule would apply to all districts that
differ by more than 20 percent from their neighboring districts in the number of minority
students they serve. It encourages districts to collaborate on ways to bring students of
different races together but does not require change unless intentional segregation is
found." (Star Tribune, 01/21/99, by Kim Schneider)
Minnesota (Edina): White Suburb Does NOT Want to Bus Minorities from
Minneapolis! (Dead Link) Minnesota (Minneapolis): NAACP Racial Quota Mongers Disrupt School Board Meeting (dead link) Missouri (Jefferson
City): Legislation to curtail race-based contracts,
scholarships (02/02/99) (dead link) "A bill he sponsors would allow the state to set up race-based programs only when a recent pattern of discrimination was proven. Then, the program would be narrowly focused and would expire in two years.
" 'This is not an attempt to change our Constitution to make affirmative action or
racial preferences illegal,' Ehlmann, R-St. Charles, said at a hearing Monday. He
said the goal was to bring Missouri into line with recent U.S. Supreme Court
decisions. Ehlmann maintained that, under his bill, the state could continue
"outreach" programs to recruit black students and encourage minorities to seek
state work." (St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 02/02/99, by Virginia Young) Missouri (St. Louis): 'Neighborhood
Schools' does not mean segregation (02/08/99)
"Last Tuesday, a poll asking why St. Louis voters gave overwhelming approval to the
tax to fund the desegregation settlement found the biggest reason was to strengthen
neighborhood schools. That reason was given by 42.4 percent of white voters, and an even
greater percentage of blacks, 50.3." (St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 02/08/99, by
Dale Singer) Nevada (Clark County): Magnet
School Racial-Gender Quotas in Nevada New Jersey
(Englewood): Parents Send
Children to Private Schools to Avoid Reverse Discrimination New Jersey (Passaic): Kindergarteners learn both
English, Spanish New
York (Brooklyn): Nappy
Hair: Oh My! (Updated Feb. 5, 1999) New York (Long
Island): NAACP Sues School for Student's Achievement
(01/14/99 - dead)
"It is our belief that they (school board members) are trying to cram as many white
kids in the high-achieving classes as they can," attorneys for the NAACP group
said. The plaintiffs are the Amityville Teachers’ Association, selected
parents, and the Long Island regional NAACP, who filed the suit in U.S. District Court
Wed., Jan. 13, 1999. (Boston Globe - AP, 01/14/99)
New York (Rochester): [Adversity.Net Update 03/15/03] -- Rochester schools denied a transfer to little Jessica Haak because the transfer program was only for non-whites. Jessica's parents sued for discrimination, and they won -- at first. Rochester appealed the decision, and got the ruling against Rochester vacated. Jessica and her parents have since accepted a settlement from the Rochester schools, and they have moved to a friendlier, less discriminatory school district. Not surprisingly, at least seven Rochester teachers have also filed reverse discrimination lawsuits against the school district. Adversity.Net Link: http://www.adversity.net/c32_jessica_haak.htm New York (Rochester): Judge Orders School to Accept White Girl from City (01/15/99 -
dead) "Jessica Haak, 10, of Rochester had planned to start the school year at Iroquois Elementary School in the suburban West Irondequoit Central School District. She was accepted into the program, but just before school started she was told she was ineligible because she is white, according to the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.
"U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer's decision on the injunction indicated the
urban-suburban program's policy of only accepting minority students is
discriminatory. 'The basic issue before the court is whether a governmental body - a
school district - can deny a child the opportunity to participate in a school-sponsored
program on account of her race,' he wrote. 'The answer must be no.'
" (Boston Globe - AP, 01/15/99) (See also: Boston Latin, Adversity.Net, this site.) New York (Schenectady): Union College Limits Faculty Search
to Blacks and Hispanics (04/16/99) "With that kind of approach to affirmative action, the only thing the college might be inviting is a lawsuit, some experts suggest. But drastic times call for drastic measures, says Roger H. Hull, president of Union. The Schenectady, N.Y., college has tried for years to diversify its faculty, he says, but despite those efforts, the campus still looks almost lily-white. "A Schenectady talk-radio show blasted the college for its new hiring policy, broadcasting the home telephone number of the college's dean of arts and sciences so that listeners could call her to complain. "Despite the backlash, the searches have ardent supporters on the campus. That's all well and good, critics say, but is a set-aside program really the best way to go about fixing things? 'We would be a better campus if we were more diverse, but you can't tell people, 'You can't apply if you're the wrong color,' says Julius Barnabel, a professor of mathematics. 'It's a basic ethical objection.'
"Many legal experts think it's pretty shaky. 'The ability to restrict a search
is very limited,' says George R. La Noue, a political scientist at the University of
Maryland-Baltimore County, who follows affirmative-action issues. 'There are, at the
moment, no courts that I know of that have approved this kind of a restriction. This is
really a quota.' " (Chronicle of Higher Education, 04/16/99, by Alison
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